Accordion Player

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery
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Object Details

Attributed to
Benniah G. Layden, born York, PA 1875-died York, PA 1968
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
ca. 1910
Object number
1986.65.255A-C
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Sculpture
Folk Art
Medium
carved and painted wood and peach pits
Dimensions
overall: 30 1/8 x 11 7/8 x 8 in. (76.5 x 30.3 x 20.2 cm.) base and pole: 23 1/4 x 11 7/8 x 8 in. (59.1 x 30.3 x 20.2 cm.) platform: 5 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (14.3 x 25.0 x 13.7 cm.) man: 7 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. (19.4 x 6.1 x 8.0 cm.)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Figure group
Figure male\full length
Performing arts\music\accordion
Record ID
saam_1986.65.255A-C
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7af2d930d-97e4-469c-8a4c-d44689399f90
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